unjoy

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unjoy

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From un- (“lack or absence of”) + joy.

noun unjoys

countable, uncountable The lack or absence of joy; joylessness; sorrow; grief. I wipe away the tears of unjoy before they stain the hideous, stiff bedspread.

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"unjoy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/unjoy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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unjoy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/unjoy

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"unjoy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/unjoy.

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@misc{unjoy_2026,
  title = {unjoy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unjoy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}